PHLEBOTOMY NATIONAL
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS COMPLETE REVIEW
●● Circulatory system function
Answer: deliver oxygen, nutrients, hormones, & enzymes to cells and
transport cellular waste (CO2) to organs where they can be expelled
●● The two circulations
Answer: Pulmonary & Systemic
●● Pulmonary circulation
Answer: carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
and returns oxygenated blood from lungs to left atrium
●● Where does oxygenation take place in the lungs?
Answer: alveoli
●● Systemic circulation
Answer: carries oxygenated blood from left ventricle throughout the
body
,●● Upper chambers of the heart
Answer: right and left atria
●● lower chambers of the heart
Answer: right and left ventricle
●● tricuspid valve
Answer: atrioventricular valve, situated between right atrium and right
ventricle
**to remember this valve is on the right side of the heart-- people TRY
to be RIGHT
●● pulmonic valve
Answer: semi-lunar valve situated between the right ventricle and the
pulmonary artery
●● Mitral valve (or bicuspid)
Answer: atrioventricular valve located between the left atrium and left
ventricle
●● aortic valve
Answer: semi lunar valve situated between the left ventricle and aorta
, ●● Flow of blood through the heart
Answer: Superior and Inferior Vena Cavae< Right atrium< tricuspid
valve< right ventricle< pulmonic valve< pulmonary artery< lungs<
pulmonary vein< left atrium< mitral (bicuspid) valve< left ventricle<
aorta< rest of body
●● Three layers of the heart
Answer: Endocardium, myocardium, epicardium
●● Blood vessels
Answer: arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins, superior &
inferior vena cavae
●● aorta, arteries, and arterioles carry_____ blood _______ the heart
Answer: oxygenated & away from
●● venules, veins, and superior and inferior vena cave carry _____
blood ________ the heart
Answer: deoxygenated & back to
●● The average adult has ______ liters of blood
Answer: 5-6
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS COMPLETE REVIEW
●● Circulatory system function
Answer: deliver oxygen, nutrients, hormones, & enzymes to cells and
transport cellular waste (CO2) to organs where they can be expelled
●● The two circulations
Answer: Pulmonary & Systemic
●● Pulmonary circulation
Answer: carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
and returns oxygenated blood from lungs to left atrium
●● Where does oxygenation take place in the lungs?
Answer: alveoli
●● Systemic circulation
Answer: carries oxygenated blood from left ventricle throughout the
body
,●● Upper chambers of the heart
Answer: right and left atria
●● lower chambers of the heart
Answer: right and left ventricle
●● tricuspid valve
Answer: atrioventricular valve, situated between right atrium and right
ventricle
**to remember this valve is on the right side of the heart-- people TRY
to be RIGHT
●● pulmonic valve
Answer: semi-lunar valve situated between the right ventricle and the
pulmonary artery
●● Mitral valve (or bicuspid)
Answer: atrioventricular valve located between the left atrium and left
ventricle
●● aortic valve
Answer: semi lunar valve situated between the left ventricle and aorta
, ●● Flow of blood through the heart
Answer: Superior and Inferior Vena Cavae< Right atrium< tricuspid
valve< right ventricle< pulmonic valve< pulmonary artery< lungs<
pulmonary vein< left atrium< mitral (bicuspid) valve< left ventricle<
aorta< rest of body
●● Three layers of the heart
Answer: Endocardium, myocardium, epicardium
●● Blood vessels
Answer: arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins, superior &
inferior vena cavae
●● aorta, arteries, and arterioles carry_____ blood _______ the heart
Answer: oxygenated & away from
●● venules, veins, and superior and inferior vena cave carry _____
blood ________ the heart
Answer: deoxygenated & back to
●● The average adult has ______ liters of blood
Answer: 5-6
